The chef Sertaç Dirik will leave Mangal 2 at the end of October with a view to open his own restaurant.
Dirik, now 27, relaunched the family business with his older brother Ferhat three years ago, taking over what was then a traditional ocakbasi and building a modern Turkish concept, reinventing classics with an almost whimsical approach. Since then, thanks to dishes such as Cull Yaw köfte, grilled mackerel with peaches, and börek filled with beyaz peynir and fermented wild garlic, reviews for the Stoke Newington restaurant have been universal in their praise.
